History
Until 1990, U S WEST was a regional holding company that owned three Bell Operating Companies: The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company (or Mountain Bell, based in Denver, Colorado); Northwestern Bell, based in Omaha, Nebraska; and Pacific Northwest Bell, based in Seattle, Washington. It also had a directory publishing division, LANDMARK Publishing, which later became U S WEST Direct. In 1988, the three companies began doing business under the U S WEST Communications name. On January 1, 1991, Northwestern Bell and Pacific Northwest Bell were legally merged into Mountain Bell which was renamed U S WEST Communications, Inc. U S WEST was the first RBOC to consolidate its Bell Operating Companies (the other was BellSouth).
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